1768
May.

from his said House for fear of being murthered, On the 17th. being
Saint Patrick's Day upwards of 400 of them assembled, headed
by one Ralph Hodgson< no role > This name instance is in set 3684. Esquire , One of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for the County of Middlesex and acting for that Parish,
who promised to take them under his protection, and on their
paying him six pence a piece pretended to keep a Register of
them and with Drums beating and Colours plying paraded the
different Streets, and went to Stepney where they dined with the
said Magistrate, The next Night they broke open the Coach house
of the Petitioner Burford Camper< no role > , and cut the lining and leather
of his Chariot (which was almost new to pieces, and stole several
things out of his Coach house, and on Saturday Morning they
broke his Windows and a pannel of his Door and on Tuesday
Morning between two and three o'Clock about thirty of them
with the said Justice at their head came again to the Petitioners
House, and after some noise departed without then doing any
Mischief but on Wednesday night about eight o'Clock they again
attached the said Petitioners House broke 22 Sash Squares of
Glass and did other damage to his House, They then broke into the
House of the petitioner Marsden destroyed part of his Furniture
and did him other considerable damage, They then proceeded to
one Green's House armed with Cutlasses, Hatchets, Muskets and
other offensive Weapons, and endeavoured to break into the House
to prevent which he was obliged to have recourse to Fire arms, and
for the preservation of the Lives of himself and Family was
under the disagreable necessite of Firing upon those who were
forcing themselves into his Hicks, whereby several were killed and
others wounded, and a Party of the Guards coming down, the
Captain obliged Justice Hodgson to attend, and Green surrendered
himself to the Captain, On Green's surrender Mr. Lacon Constable
of Saint George's Parish seized one David Crammer< no role > one of the
Rioters and who had threatned to pull down Lacon's House, and he
was carried by the Captain before the above Magistrate and
notwithstanding the Charge was plainly proved before him, he